Swiss Elite Surfing Academy

Swiss Surfing official performance partner

An organization for support

The Swiss Elite Surfing Academy (SESA) is an independent, non-profit organization, official partner of the Swiss Surfing Association (SSA), which aims to find, support and train high-potential athletes of Swiss nationality, so that they can participate and represent Switzerland in international surfing competitions.

Training Switzerland's high potential surfers

Physical

General and specific physical preparation

Introduction to coaches

Support in training planning

Remote progress monitoring

Technical

Ocean training camps

Video analysis

Bio-mechanics

Managing the body in space

Tactical

Strategy and competition

Time management

Priority management

Knowledge and use of judging criteria

Mental

Support and reinforcement

Setting and monitoring of personal goals

Introduction to coaches

Stress management, breathing and meditation technics

SESA is committed to promoting cultural and social exchanges between athletes from different countries, with the aim of fostering human relations, strengthening mutual understanding and improving cooperation.

It develops long-term partnerships with local and foreign partners to offer athletes access to prime training sites and establish exchanges with other federations.

This approach encourages greater diversity and inclusion in the surfing world, and contributes to the development of the Olympic movement as a whole.

Athletes

Fantin Habashi

26.10.2003
@fantinhabashi

Zaïa Samet

21.04.2011
@zaia_samet

Eugène Demaugé-Bost

03.02.2012

Khai Tanguay

19.12.2011
@khai_tanguay_2011

Liam Sahyoun

05.01.2009
@liam_sahyoun

Rivan Rock Rosskopf

02.04.2006
@rivanrock

Célia Magras

28.12.2008
@celia_magras

Kilian Rosskopf

07.02.2008
@kilian_rosskopf

Marshanda Nikijuluw

01.07.2010
@marshandanikijuluw

Matias Banto

22.12.2010
@matiasbanto

Zoe Hauser

19.03.2012
@zoehauser_surf

Massimo Bienz

28.07.2008
@momo.bienz

Reef Johnson

31.05.2014
@reef_johnson_hi

Antoine Habashi

15.08.2006
@antoine_habashi

Jake Anderson

10.10.2006
@jake_anderrson

Ella Aebi

13.12.2010
@ellaaebi.0

Mahohi Nguyen

10.09.2014
@mahohi_nguyen

“By providing athletes with the opportunities and resources they need to succeed, the academy is helping to put Switzerland on the global surfing map and inspire the next generation of Swiss surfers.”

Ludovic Lossky

Technical director